Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board had recommended Jones’ sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole in a 3-1 vote on November 1.
The Republican governor came to the decision following “prayerful consideration and reviewing materials presented by all sides of this case,” he said in a statement on Twitter. They did not provide details on what was in the meal.Īn enormous sense of relief broke loose when the news arrived that Jones would not be executed, according to the attorneys. Jones had been in a holding cell outside the execution chamber for the past two weeks, the attorneys said, and he received his last meal Wednesday evening. Jones and his attorneys found out about the clemency at 12:45 p.m. CT at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Jones was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. Jones’ sentence will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to an executive order filed Thursday. Kevin Stitt has granted clemency to Julius Jones, commuting Jones’ death sentence just hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit.
Jones in particular is trying to become a celebrity getting his cellphone with thousands of calls arranging art shows, t shirt deals, tennis shoe designs.Oklahoma Gov. VIOLENT CRIMINALS SHOULD NOT BE TURNED LOOSE. Otherwise we will have annual hearing for life, just like in California it seems like the Manson family is continually asking for parole and some liberals think that supporting release of violent criminals is like having a “Save the Whales” bumpersticker… I for one do not think of the death penalty as a first choice, but with so many Kardashian followers that is the only way to end this. There is just no reasonable doubt in the Jones case. In numerous gang-related cases the witnesses and their families get intimidated by gang threats and then recant or muddy the waters with double talk. The situation with murder charges is that the appeals last for 20-30 years and the witnesses die off and attorneys retire and no one is left to pick up the pieces. He now denies that he pled guilty to ARMED ROBBERY AND CARJACKING that was identical to the Howell carjacking/murder. I have never advocated for the death penalty, but the case of Julius Jones seeking to leverage and promote his notoriety and all the false denials of reality. The law must be upheld, and the only person who could have prevented this mess is Julius The Courts upheld the verdict and sentence of the jury. The Pardon and Paroled board held an “Oprah” style meeting with no fact checking Jones lawyer testified Jones himself said it was false, and a neighbor testified she was requested to verify this alibi but that it was FALSE.ġ4 state and federal courts have examined the evidence, witness testimony, exhibits and arguments.
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So, the trial court had to have a hearing to see if all possible defenses were raised. The Jones family seems nice, but the “spaghetti dinner” alibi was shown to be false years ago at an evidentiary hearing, when new lawyers took over the appeal and made inadequate defense part of their argument. This is not someone to let out of prison. (which was identical to the Howell case with a bandanna and gun to the head) Regardless of what he says, Julius pled guilty to ARMED ROBBERY and FELONY FIREARM VIOLATION IN CARJACKING
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